Back to Maridi!
Happily, I will be finding myself returning to Maridi to help finish the work that I started there last October/November. My friends will be happy to see me return and I think the work should continue to go well. My main goal will be to supply the construction crews with any needs they may have in order to help them finish the churches we have been preparing.
I had a good time in Nairobi. I was able to meet with some friends who work for Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF). I was also able to do a good amount of reading which I enjoy. I was happy to buy a soccer ball to practice and exercise with. There is a group who plays everyday at Maridi and so I will try to play with them from time to time. You can ask me how that went. I also bought some swimming goggles for when I go swimming. For me at least, it makes swimming more enjoyable.
As it is the rainy season, I would ask for your continued prayer of our efforts. The rain makes roads much more difficult to navigate. Please continue to pray for safety from the elements, etc. Recently there has been mounting tensions between the North and the South in Sudan making us concerned about the continuation of peace. Also, the LRA has not completely disappeared and could still prove a threat.
Those of us who are working throughout Souther Sudan have also been looking at developing some other projects for SP. Please pray for wisdom and guidance in this venture.
I really appreciate those of you who keep me and this ministry in their prayers. I believe they are an important part in the work here.
Adam
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
Saturday, June 7, 2008
The work goes well
The work has gone very well in Sudan. Happily, about twenty-two churches are ready to be built at both of the SP bases I have been at recently. By Christmas all of these churches should be able to hold services within them about the meaning of Christmas.
Please continue to hold myself and the SP bases out here in your prayers.
Adam
Please continue to hold myself and the SP bases out here in your prayers.
Adam
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Goodbye again to Maridi
My time in Maridi is almost over. I have had a blessed time here with former friends and the knowledge that a lot of good work has been accomplished. I will be heading out in less than a week to my R&R.
The work goes very well and the mobilization of churches here is just about done. Please pray for the construction crew to arrive shortly and be able to build the remaining churches here.
The work goes very well and the mobilization of churches here is just about done. Please pray for the construction crew to arrive shortly and be able to build the remaining churches here.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Fun Work
Hello,
One fun aspect of working in Maridi again is the often necessary use of ATV's. Our churches can be as far as 17-36 miles away or more. So, I am getting some good amounts of ATV driving, which at times, I admit can be pretty fun.
We are hoping for the construction crews to arrive soon and build the churches we have been mobilizing. The actual mobilization of the churches is nearing completion.
Adam
One fun aspect of working in Maridi again is the often necessary use of ATV's. Our churches can be as far as 17-36 miles away or more. So, I am getting some good amounts of ATV driving, which at times, I admit can be pretty fun.
We are hoping for the construction crews to arrive soon and build the churches we have been mobilizing. The actual mobilization of the churches is nearing completion.
Adam
Friday, May 9, 2008
Catching Up
Hello from Maridi,
Yes, I am back. Sorry to not have updated for a while. I have not had access to he internet. However, I will have such access a little bit now and hopefully will be able to put up a few updates.
I spent the last two and a half months in Rumbek, where I had a good time with the team there as we mobilized churches.
Prayer requests
Pray for peace. Recent cattle camp wars, airplane crashes and some census trouble have helped cause some trouble, so pray for peace.
Pray for saftey as we mobilize and build churches. In the last month or so, a few mines were found in places you might have thought safe. So continue to pray for saftey.
Pray for God's blessing on the work. Pray for the witness we ex-pats have on our workers and on the church.
Yes, I am back. Sorry to not have updated for a while. I have not had access to he internet. However, I will have such access a little bit now and hopefully will be able to put up a few updates.
I spent the last two and a half months in Rumbek, where I had a good time with the team there as we mobilized churches.
Prayer requests
Pray for peace. Recent cattle camp wars, airplane crashes and some census trouble have helped cause some trouble, so pray for peace.
Pray for saftey as we mobilize and build churches. In the last month or so, a few mines were found in places you might have thought safe. So continue to pray for saftey.
Pray for God's blessing on the work. Pray for the witness we ex-pats have on our workers and on the church.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
A quick Break
Hello all,
White sands, palm trees and a warm ocean. Descriptive words for where I was the last six days. I just returned from Zanzabar in Tansania. Zanzabar is an island founded on coral that sits on the coast of Tansania. Every once in a while we are given a break and on this particular one, I choose to visit the beaches of Zanzabar.
During this time I stayed in Rock Town and on the North Coast. While in Rock Town I went swimming with Dolphins and visited a rather new national park. At the national park, there resides the Calibus Monkeys, which are an endagered species. These little monkeys are not afraid of humans. At one point I was surrounded by a whole troop of monkeys, about 13. They would walk right by my feet and eat leaves and lounge within my arms reach. It was fun to watch the babies jump around and climb on their mothers.
I also visited a spice planatation, where we walked amongst the various trees, bushes and grases that produce a rich harvest of spice.
On the North Coast, I swam in the clear seas, and lounged on the beaches reading some books I brought along.
In Rock Town I stayed at the Annex of the Garden. On the North Coast I stayed at Jombu Brothers and Paradise hotels. Lodging is fairly inexpensive. I paid around $15-$20 a night for one person.
Now it is back to Sudan, where there is a lot of work waiting to be done. I look forward to updating you on the work we are doing there in the future.
Adam
White sands, palm trees and a warm ocean. Descriptive words for where I was the last six days. I just returned from Zanzabar in Tansania. Zanzabar is an island founded on coral that sits on the coast of Tansania. Every once in a while we are given a break and on this particular one, I choose to visit the beaches of Zanzabar.
During this time I stayed in Rock Town and on the North Coast. While in Rock Town I went swimming with Dolphins and visited a rather new national park. At the national park, there resides the Calibus Monkeys, which are an endagered species. These little monkeys are not afraid of humans. At one point I was surrounded by a whole troop of monkeys, about 13. They would walk right by my feet and eat leaves and lounge within my arms reach. It was fun to watch the babies jump around and climb on their mothers.
I also visited a spice planatation, where we walked amongst the various trees, bushes and grases that produce a rich harvest of spice.
On the North Coast, I swam in the clear seas, and lounged on the beaches reading some books I brought along.
In Rock Town I stayed at the Annex of the Garden. On the North Coast I stayed at Jombu Brothers and Paradise hotels. Lodging is fairly inexpensive. I paid around $15-$20 a night for one person.
Now it is back to Sudan, where there is a lot of work waiting to be done. I look forward to updating you on the work we are doing there in the future.
Adam
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Goodbye for the Present
Goodbye my friends,
The last several weeks have brought a deluge of changes to life and our program. SP is making some changes to the churches it makes in order to be more effective, with hopes of building a larger number of churches. Besides that, recent events in surrounding countries have resulted in multiple groups of LRA traveling around Southern Sudan. This caused the UN to raise almost the entire South to a level III status. This makes the region basically a no go zone and requires any ngo traveling in it to have an armed escort.
As for my own sub-base. I and my partner were quite safe in our town, though we ended up being stuck there for about a week and a half before being escorted out of the region by armed policemen. The future is rather hazy at this point, though my partner and I will possibly help out another sub-base till our own clears up again.
During our time of lock down, those in the compound were able to have some good conversation with each other. I helped build our bamboo fence by splitting bamboo, nailing it too teak poles, etc. I also painted a checkerboard on our dinning table and enjoyed teaching some of the guys how to play.
As we left, my partner and I gathered the workers together and gave one final explanation of what was going on. We then ended with a prayers and headed out. I am sorry to leave our base, the work was going well. We will return, hopefully soon.
Adam Lewis
Prayers requests
1. Please pray for the situation with the LRA, and possibly some other military groups, to end.
2. Please pray for our churches we are working with, that they will be safe as well and that they will not be too discouraged by these events.
3. Pray for wisdom of our leaders, that they will know what to do in the coming weeks.
The last several weeks have brought a deluge of changes to life and our program. SP is making some changes to the churches it makes in order to be more effective, with hopes of building a larger number of churches. Besides that, recent events in surrounding countries have resulted in multiple groups of LRA traveling around Southern Sudan. This caused the UN to raise almost the entire South to a level III status. This makes the region basically a no go zone and requires any ngo traveling in it to have an armed escort.
As for my own sub-base. I and my partner were quite safe in our town, though we ended up being stuck there for about a week and a half before being escorted out of the region by armed policemen. The future is rather hazy at this point, though my partner and I will possibly help out another sub-base till our own clears up again.
During our time of lock down, those in the compound were able to have some good conversation with each other. I helped build our bamboo fence by splitting bamboo, nailing it too teak poles, etc. I also painted a checkerboard on our dinning table and enjoyed teaching some of the guys how to play.
As we left, my partner and I gathered the workers together and gave one final explanation of what was going on. We then ended with a prayers and headed out. I am sorry to leave our base, the work was going well. We will return, hopefully soon.
Adam Lewis
Prayers requests
1. Please pray for the situation with the LRA, and possibly some other military groups, to end.
2. Please pray for our churches we are working with, that they will be safe as well and that they will not be too discouraged by these events.
3. Pray for wisdom of our leaders, that they will know what to do in the coming weeks.
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